Sen. Glenn Wakai

Co-sponsor SCR 165

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF BRINGING OTHER AIRLINES TO THE MOLOKAI AIRPORT.

Passed Apr 15, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SCR 46

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO PLAN AND CONSTRUCT A HAWAII FIRST RESPONDERS MEMORIAL.

Passed Apr 15, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SCR 147

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

REQUESTING THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO BEGIN PLANNING TO COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS IN JAPAN TO APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZE THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II, INCLUDING THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS AND LIVES LOST IN JAPAN AND HAWAII THROUGHOUT THE WAR, AND REAFFIRM A COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THESE TRAGEDIES ARE NEVER REPEATED.

Passed Apr 15, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 2286

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO INTERNSHIPS.

Permits the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enter into contracts with eligible employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to collaborate with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for certain portions of the on-the-job-training work experience program. Provides that the State shall be the responsible employer for purposes of workers' compensation coverage for students or recent graduates in the on-the-job-training work experience program, subject to certain limitations. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Passed Apr 15, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 2291

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO ADVISORY BOARDS.

Establishes advisory boards, focused on workforce development, for the Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaiʻi Technology Development Corporation, and Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaiʻi Authority. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Passed Apr 15, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SCR 207

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT ON MANDATING DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE COVERAGE.

Passed Apr 15, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SCR 175

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO REPORT ON THE CULTURAL AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AT THE KAWAILOA YOUTH AND FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER.

Passed Apr 15, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SCR 83

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

URGING THE OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF HAWAII'S OPEN DATA PORTAL BY INCREASING AND EXPANDING THE DATA SETS AVAILABLE ON THE OPEN DATA PORTAL, CENTRALIZING ALL OPEN DATA SETS OF ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS ONTO THE OPEN DATA PORTAL, AND CONTINUALLY UPDATING THE DATA SETS FOR ACCURACY AND RECENCY OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATA.

Passed Apr 15, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SCR 202

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

URGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION WITH AN ONLINE OPTION AT LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO ADDRESS THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF WORKING ADULTS IN ALL COUNTIES.

Passed Apr 15, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SCR 219

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

URGING THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO EXPEDITE THE PLACEMENT OF MAUI WILDFIRE SURVIVORS INTO THE FEDERAL DIRECT LEASE PROGRAM.

Passed Apr 15, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track